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online. give us a like on our facebook page. check us out on twitter, as well, and on our home page. we are back here next sunday morning, 11:00 with the latest buzz. growing fears of an al qaeda resurgence in iraq. islamic militants taking over two key city necessary that country's strategic province, including falluja and ramadi and reports this morning say the al qaeda flag has been raised. an islamic state in that province now declared, islamists reportedly gaping ground in several other iraqi cities. hello, everyone, on this sunday. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm jami colby. the increased violence we're telling but started late last week. now it seems that the situation is quickly unraveling. speaking in jerusalem this
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morning, secretary of state john kerry pledged his support for iraq's government, but completely ruled out the possibility of sending in any u.s. troops there. peter is live in washington with the very latest. that flag flying is very disconce disconcerning, peter. >> and jamie, it's been two years and 18 days since the last convoy of american troops left iraq. and today, the news from baghdad is grim. 20 people have been killed in baghdad today in a series of bombings. and this comes as al qaeda militants in nearby ramadi and falluja have been battling security forces. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is promising to help, but not with american troops. and here is why. >> we are not, obviously, contemplating returning. we're not contemplating putting boots on the ground. this is their fight. but we're going to help them in their fight. and yes, we have an interest. we have an interest in helping the legitimate and elected
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government be able to push back against the terrorists. this is a fight that is bigger than just iraq. >> and a new statement out from republican senators mccain and graham seems to agree that the fight is bigger than iraq, but they blast the obama administration for a weak foreign policy saying, quote, when president obama withdrew all the forces from iraq over the objection hes of our military leaders and commanders on the ground, many of us predicted that the vacuum would be a threat to u.s. national security issues. sadly, that reality is now clearer than ever. there is violence in lebanon where violence from syria has spilled over. the u.s. embassy is telling american citizen these to avoid hotels, to avoid western-style shopping centers and to avoid any kind of an event where u.s. citizens may be gathering. back to you.
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>> the war on terror is clearly still on. peter, thank you. the group the islamic state in iraq in syria has been gaining ground, taking credit for thursday's suicide bombing in lebanon. will these islamic victories spread or can the islamic extremism be gained? let's turn now to louis gomar who was in the middle east, including -- you were in libya and lebanon just last month. >> that's right. beirut. just two weeks ago, yeah. >> wow. what do you make of the news, this troubling news in anwar province? the flags have been raised and they are taking over this country our troops spent so much blood and toil. >> and i was this right after they had taken falluja back and meeting with marines. and when you think about the blood and the treasure that was lost, especially the blood taking that city and then you
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had this badly budgeteled when this administration took over, there were problem before bush left, but he had basically teed up a status of forces agreement and because he was trying to be gracious, he could have probably got deal worked out, but he was going to let that be a great noteworthy achievement right off the bat for the obama administration. and they didn't do it. and we knew that malachite was under tremendous pressure from iran and we didn't do that. and so we knew that as soon as we left, iran was going to be coming in, basically malachite would be basically a puppet. once that started, you would start having civil war between the sunni and shia factions. so it's playing out and it was all very predictable. >> they'll be able to crush al qaeda within a couple of days.
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do you think they will hold out and win? what happened if the islamic extremists win .spread this? >> that's the problem. this administration has been helping islamic extremists in libya and syria and around the middle east. >> how have they been doing that? >> we've been providing weapons. when we knew al qaeda was infused in the rebels in libya, we provided them weapons. we were trying to get back weapons and get them to syrian rebels. we knew the syrian rebels were infused with al qaeda. assad is not a bad guy. but talking to some of our moderate muslim allies in the middle east, they privately will say we don't know if we're going to be the next ally you throw under the bus. we keep seeing you throw away allies. i'll tell you, eric, the first thing we ought to do, is ned of having secretary kerry go to israel and say you will give away land from which you will be attacked, he doesn't realize that, he doesn't realize a lot
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of things. but instead of going to israel and saying, you will give away more land you will be attacked from, why don't we go to israel as i did two weeks ago with steve king and michele bachmann and say, you know what? what do you think about what should be done? that's what you do with an ally that's in the region. .i'll tell you one other thing, afghanistan is going to blow up. the taliban is poised to take over that. and as some others have told us some of privately and have said publicly, all you have to do in afghanistan is get an amendment into the constitution you forced on us that says we can elect our governors in each region, that we can elect our mayors and police chiefs. and if you will do that instead of having a stove pipe centralized government, then we can keep the taliban from taking over. >> what do we do? take a look at that map. from afghanistan through the middle east, you've got an apparent resurgence of the islamic extremists with the car bombs, 20 people killed in baghdad this morning. the car bomb in beirut just a couple of days ago.
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what do we do? how does this be stopped? is that possible? or do you think that islamic extremism will just flourish? >> no, it can be stopped. that's the great thing, eric. in egypt, the reason you didn't show on that map egypt in that same white color whereas there islamic extremist is because 30 million rose up and said we don't want the muslim brotherhood in charge. they declared it a terrorist group. the u.s. ought to do that. >> -- other countries? >> yes, absolutely. and that's why the muslim brotherhood is trying to is on hard to get back into egypt. they know if they lose egypt, that could spread and peace would spread with it. we need to be helping egypt. instead, this administration refuses to supply the apache helicopters that egypt is using to help ships get through the suez canal.
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this administration cut them off and said we're not going to help you you any more. we have to stop helping our enemies and help the enemy of our enemies. >> american lives were lost and certainly it seems to be spreading. and we'll see how thisplays out, especially with the troubling news. >> help the enemy of our enemy and american lives will be sa d saved. >> thank you. thanks for coming in, congressman. fox news extreme weather alert for you now. dangerous blast of arctic air sweeping across the plains to the northeast. it's even in the gulf. the frigid air could be the coldest in decades. take a look in wisconsin. football fans bundling up for what could be the coldest playoff game in nfl history. the green bay packers are facing off against the 49ers. icy conditions in jfk airport suspended operations for a short time. a plane skidding off the runway.
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meteorologist janice dean is live in the fox extreme weather center with the latest. busy morning for you, janice. >> yes, jamie. a lot of delays across the airports. detroit over three hours, chicago, two hours. gate issues at laguardia and they're de-icing at newark. this will be a big mess. a lot of snow here from theivers the great lakes. 6 to 12 inches. then we still have that icy condition across philadelphia, up towards new york. right now, just north of d.c. where we could see the potential for freezing rain on the roads. really dangerous. still freezing rain advisories from west virginia all the way up to maine. that's going to continue to be an issue, internal on the roadwayes and for the airports. and maybe a winter weather advisory for a dozen states across the ohio river valley, down towards the tennessee river valley where they could get an issue in nashville. the cold, i mean, that's the big story. all the way from the north pole, these are windchills minus 30,
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minus 40, minus 50, it feels like minus 41 in fargo, feels like minus 10 in kansas city. we haven't felt this cold in decades. look at the forecast windchill as we go further out in time. minus 40s, minus 50s. incredible. if you're below the age of 40, you have never seen this before. it's historic. and the windchill advisories, all the way down to the gulf coast. unbelievable. really, this is unbelievable. rain forecasts, snow again moving eastward towards the great lakes, interior northeast, but then, jamie, i'm really concerned because all of this wet weather as the cold air moves eastward is going to freeze. ice everywhere potentially on monday and tuesday. so a lot to cover. we'll continue to do so. back to you. >> very treacherous conditions, j.d. thanks for the warning. be careful out there, folks. jamie, the first family minus the first lady returned to
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the white house this morning. first lady michelle obama remaining on the island a little longer as a birthday present from her husband. congress will be returning to work tomorrow. lawmakers gearing up for battles over obama care, raising the fell minimum wage and extending unemployment benefits. jamie. >> well, this may be a good time after the first of the year to re-examine your retirement savings program and we hope you have one because the federal reserve is announcing it will begin tapering off its economic stimulus program. wall street is applauding the move, but it could mean increasing the interest rates. how can you tweak your 401(k) and do you need to to protect it from potential fallout? joining me now is brenda butler. there's a new sheriff in town, janet yellen will take over the federal reserve. will she increase interest rates? >> i don't think she so much is the one to worry about. a lot of people say she is even more in favor of an easy money
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policy than ben bernanke. but interest rates have nowhere to go but up. that's the bottom line. and so if you do have bond funds in your 401(k), retirement plan, you have to think about what to do. >> well, a lot of us looked at the bond returns and then looked at the stock markets, the s&p, and said if there's ever a time to take risk, we could go all equity even though that's not a good plan. you should diversify. so how will we know when it's time to get back into bonds? >> the truth is, it's not now. the bottom line is, bond funds, they lost last year and if interest rates go up, it's not going to be a time for bonds. but there are some bond funds that you can look at because you want to diversify in some way. the stock market is not going to keep going up forever. you should look at stable value bond funds. what they do is they give you a stated interest rate for a set time. you can look at shorter duration bond funds. but the one thing you have to
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beware of, and lots of people have this in their 401(k) are targeted date retirement funds. what they do basically is move you more into bonds as you get closer to your retirement. now is just not the time. >> but that was the policy for years and years as you got closer to retirement age, which is 60, 65, good luck in this economy. you would want to be in bonds because you didn't want to take risks. do you think that will change by the time boomers retire? >> well, yes, it very possibility could. but with the fed easing off its easy money policy, interest rates will go up. it doesn't mean a 30-year bond bear market. and you can be in bonds. but take a look at some of the bond funds that i mentioned instead of the total return 30 year kind of bond funds. >> stable value funds. >> yes. >> worth considering at this point. absolutely. >> thanks, brenda. >> thank you. >> making money with your money. that's what brenda does for us. thank you. >> i like that, making money with your money. coming up, pope francis,
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have you heard about this? he will be on the move for a special and deeply meaningful journey. coming up, we'll have detail on his major travel announcement that will serve to highlight his ties to the jewish community. and the nsa, man, oh, man, it's been a major contentious issue for americans and the obama administration. and those issues keep growing. our political panel will weigh in, coming up. and the president, yes, back from his hawaiian sunshine already facing somewhat of a cloudy storm of political controversy. obamacare has kicked in. day five now. we'll have the latest on how it's going, coming up. it's not just that the president tells people that they have to buy health insurance. it's that he tells them what health insurance they have to buy. the idea that the government knows better than the american people, what kind of insurance they have to have, makes no sense. .it's something which i think the american people are rejecting in large numbers and i think it's going to hurt the president and hurt the country and a lot of families. [ sneezes, coughs ]
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welcome back, everybody. time for a quick check off your headlines. pope francis announcing he will make his first trip to the holy lands. the pontiff will visit israel,
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west bank and jordan at the end of may. doctors are same the israeli prime minister is fighting for his life. the 85-year-old's vital organs are deteriorating. he remainses in a coma after suffering a stroke eight years ago. and a plane making an emergency landing yesterday in the bronx in new york. it was a student pilot that made the landing after experiencing engine problems. a new year has brought some fresh developments for obamacare even in some deep blue states. california now has extend today payment deadline to january 15th for insurance coverage on its state health exchange. that after thousands of enrollees vented their frustration with the computer glitches and jammed phone lines. this follows, of course, another tough week for the president's plan. now a new study says emergency room visits could skyrocket instead of decline under obamacare. and there's news the white house
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may create a new agency to deal with all those tech problems on the website. here to talk about all this is our political panel. fairhen balance, angela mclowen, chris and angela, great to see you. chris, let me start with you. day five, obamacare, 2 million people enrolled. what is your scorecard? >> well, i guess it depends on how you want to grade it. in terms of the rollout, it hasn't been very good. probably a failing grade. in terms of i think since then, in terms of them being able to get the website up and running, deal with a pretty huge influx of enrollees in december, you know, i probably give them like a b, b minus. but, you know, it's still too early to give them a final grade. it all depends on what happens over the next three months. going into the final enrollment period. >> they need like 5 million pore people to enroll. do you think they'll get that 7 million? >> i think it all depends on, you know, a couple of factors. one, over the coming few weeks
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and months, you know, how good, you know, is the news coming out in terms of, you know, obama care? people start seeing, i think, positive stories, then i think you're going to see a good influx. but even without that, there is going to to be a significant number of people. we saw this in massachusetts. there was a huge influx of people coming, enrolling as the deadline approached. i think we'll have a better idea in terms of february and early march in terms of where we are. i think we'll come relatively close to the 7 million. >> angela, do you think they'll be close? >> i don't think they'll be relatively close. can i answer that question about giving obamacare or the rollout a grade sflp. >> go ahead. >> auto d minus, maybe even an f. listen, big brother government does not know what's better for us. chris, you're comparing this process to massachusetts. this is the united states of america. it's not a state. and in some places, it's not working that well there, either. the bottom line is this.
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your former boss, joe manchion, wants to delay obamacare and fix the parts of the affordable care act that needs to be fixed, and that's what we should do. government should protect the consumer, not hold us to the shackles of big brother government. >> but angela, you said the optist word, fix. my former boss and what a lot of democrats have issues with the rollout and issues about concerns about what has happened in terms of making this program work as efficiently and effectively as they could, they would to fix it, they want to repair it. but the problem with americans, and i think you'd have to agree, there has to be one single idea in terms of how to repair it. >> that's not true. >> give me one new idea. we know it's not going to be repealed. >> and i'm not saying repeat it. >> how do we repair it, given the fact that it's exists. >> there are several republican proposals out there. >> like what? >> first of all, you have one by
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orren hatch. if you want to test me on these things, marsha blackburn has come up with a plan during the time when the affordable care act was still before congress. i could go down the list. that was then, this is now. your former boss said that obamacare is helded for a meltdown. anytime you have a flawed foundation, anytime you have flawed legislation -- and i'm not saying repeal the law. i'm saying fix it. and the only way that we can do that, chris, is delay it until congress can come together and -- >> angela, do you think that really is going to happen? that it will be delayed by congress and fixed? look, they're -- >> eric, they've already -- the administration has already given over 2,000 waivers. the president has already delayed certain mandates. why not delay it even more? i think we are getting -- >> because here is the problem. i mean, the reality is we can live in the reeled world or we can live in fantasy land. >> oh. >> and i'm not saying this about
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you, angela. i'm saying when republicans or the republican party goes out there and says they want to delay it, they want to repeal it -- >> your boss said it. your former boss said it, chris. >> no. what he basically said was he wants to focus on fixing it. and repairing it. now, if you want to focus on doing things that make the program stronger, i would support it. i think the president would support it. but what ends up being kind of the hidden message within every republican proposal is let's get rid of it. that's not going to happen. >> that's not true. that's not true. that's not true. marsha blackburn wants to fix it. a lot of republicans want to fix it. i think we've moved beyond let's repeal it. we all need to come together and fix it, chris. .i think your former boss has set the example for the democratic party to reach across the aisle to work with republicans. >> like i said before, let's wait and see where we are in march before everyone is ready to bury the program. >> we've got three months. the goal is 7 million.
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we'll be back here in three months and see if they get that. there's a head shake right there. thanks so much. >> no doubt. >> thank you. coming up, we're going to bring you a brand new update on the case of a young girl, a teenager declared brain dead after what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy. her parents continue the fight to keep her on life support. and then there's the nsa. a necessary tool on the war on terror or a gross violation of your privacy? coming up, reaction from congressman peter king why he says he's siding with the administration on this one. eliee your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chuy spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. i sense you've overpacd... your stomach. try pepto to-go. it's pepto-bismol that fits in your pocket.
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let's take a look at the growing frustration in congress over the spy program. lawmakers are demanding to know whether the agency is spying on them. that's right.
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as senator rand paul says, he is gathering signatures for what he hopes will be a massive class action suit against the nsa and the obama administration. paul telling abc earlier today that the government should not be allowed to access everyone's personal records with the single swipe of a pen. >> all of their customers records would be looked at. that, to my mind, smacks at a generalized warrant and that's what we fought the revolutionary war over. so i think by bringing a class action lawsuit where we have hundreds of thousands of people who come forward and say hey, my cell phone records are mine unless you go to a judge and a jj specifically for my records, you shouldn't be able to have a general warrant. >> congressman peter king is a republican, ranking member of the homeland security committee. and i've got to tell you, i know he has some strong opinions about all of this. it's confusing, but i want to start with this, congressman. first of all, thanks for coming in. >> thanks, jamie.
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>> you have competing interests, it seems to me. you need to keep america safe. on the other hand, you represent constituents who want their privacy connected. is the nsa -- and let's put your lawyer hat on, mine as well, going beyond what is reasonable and necessary in items of looking at phone records to keep terrorists at bay? >> the nsa is dining exactly what it's supposed to be doing. no one's privacy is being violated. the nsa is not listening to american phone calls. all they are doing is they are taking the reports from the phone kl companies, phone number to phone number. no names, no addresses, no content. the only time they can -- those numbers can even be looked at is if a foreign terrorists makes a call into the united states, then the nsa can find out what number they called. then they have to go to court so that the fbi and the justice department can get a warrant to listen to those calls.
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rand paul does not know what it's talking about. rand paul is spreading fear among the american people and i understand he was comparing general clappett to snowden. to me, he's either totally uninformed or he's part of the hateful people spreading misperception and absolute lies, to be honest with you. >> are you 100% sure that the nsa is doing nothing more than collecting phone numbers and only when they find a tie to a terrorist group or person out of the country they are then getting a warrant from the secret court to look further? >> yes. they can look to -- they call one or two hops. they can find out what other numbers have been called. they cannot listen to any phone calls at all unless they get a warrant from the court and that is done by the justice department. i am as certain as i can be because it's monitored by the
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courts, monitored by the justice department, monitored by the departments. i don't know of anybody else in the state or local governments which are monitored more carefully than the nsa. so far, the president's commission, rand paul, all of them have not been able to find any excuse business the nsa. >> except what the nsa came forward themselves. >> self-reported and minimal errors where no damage was done to anyone. no criminal intent whatsoever. >> so though you've been critical of the administration, you agree with the obama administration on this. do you have 100% confidence in this justice department, the same justice department that handled fast & furious and did all these other things that have been criticized? >> when you have the combination of it all, the federal courts, justice department, the congress and the house intelligence committee that is controlled by republicans, we look at this very carefully. i have as much confidence as you can look have in anything. there's more of a chance of human error of us being attacked by terrorists if we drop the ball. they're already maintained by the phone companies, which are
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private. >> but in order for billing, they have to -- >> exactly. that's what we're doing is getting those records. >> independent representative bernie sanders from vermont says congress members don't want their phone numbers known. they don't want their calls listened to, either. why shouldn't congress be treated the same as everyday americans? >> i agree with you. i think members of congress should be treated the same as everyone else. if a member of congress is talking to an kraed leader in iraq or afghanistan, why should that member of congress be any different from any person on the street? bernie sanders had a phony argument. what they're trying to suggest is that somehow the nsa is spying on members of congress. they're not spying on anyone. they keep phone records of every american and that's their job on. they don't listen to the calls. all they have is phone number to phone number. they don't know who is talking to one another. no address, no name, no nothing, no content. >> i imagine, though, terrorists probably use phones that are not so traceable. it might be a very complicated
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task to imagine that they would have time to listen to all the calls. how frustrated are you, then, in your quest to keep us safe, you were involved with 9/11, you had a lot of constituents that died that day, how frustrated are you by these senators who are coming forward and perhaps making and are they making the nsa's job more difficult. >> it infurates me that people like rand paul are getting at risk. americans could die. the nsa has stopped attacking against the united states. right here in new york. if rand paul had been around and we had listened to him, hundreds of new yorkers would be dead today. that would be on his conscious or maybe it wouldn't be. the fact is, he has to realize there's an impact on what he says. if we follow his policies, it's going to lead to the death of americans. >> congressman peter king passionate, obviously, about the situation and about the work the nsa is tasked with doing.
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thank you for coming in and sharing your thoughts. >> thank you. >> eric? >> jamie, there's some new reaction today in the heartbreaking story that we've been following. this after the fame of jahi mcmath reaches an agreement with the hospital that allows her to be moved to an undisclosed long-term care facility. we know the 13-year-old has been brain dead since going into cardiac arrest during tonsil surgery last month. dominick has the latest on this tragic story. hi, dominick. >> hi there, eric. great relief from the family. now they have an agreement with the hospital, but still no word on which facility that jahi mcmath will be taken to. and the family, frankly, isn't discussing when they may be moved. but it is progress that chirp's hospital oakland and the mcmaths reached this agreement that will allow a critical care team to enter the hospital and move her body to whatever facility will take her, possibly in new york. the family firmly believes n on
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religious grounds that she is still alive, despite multiple doctors declaring her brain dead. she suffered heavy bleeding and cardiac arrest after a tonsillectomy. on saturday, jahi's grandmother visited her. she was met at the hospital by supporters that you see on the screen there. afterwards, she gave the media an update on the girl's state. >> i said, hi, jahi, and she moved her legs .her arms. heart is beating good. she's warm and she looks beautiful. this is the best glow i've ever seen she had. >> now with the agreement, jahi can be moved while on a ventilator, but her mother has to take full responsibility for her during the transfer. and that includes in the event that her heart stops beating. the family's request, the hospital doctors or another physician to insert feeding and tracheotomy tube was denied by a judge on friday. in fact, the hospital refuses to do so on a dead body as policy.
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>> it's all so horrible that it's so difficult for her family to accept that death. and i wish and i can'tly think that wouldn't it be great if they were able to come to terms with the terrible tragic event and that i didn't have to stand here in front of you all time after time. >> well, larry, this time last week, we were looking at a 24-hour deadline before the ventilator was to be cut off. well, the clock is ticking now for 48 hours until tuesday at 5:00 p.m. when the hospital can switch off her life support. there is a push to legalize marijuana, at least medical marijuana. at least why one state's governor is pitching the idea and how he plans to get around federal and state laws to make it legal.
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welcome. >> thank you. >> bob, there's been a lot of talk because of colorado. in colorado, recreational marijuana is legal. you can buy it in larger quantities if you're a resident than if you're coming from out of state. what are some of the legal and constitutional issues involved? >> well, i mean, ultimately, i think as it relates to this colorado law, my concern would be are the abuses and the enforceability of it and the supervision of it? i think, jamie, as has been written up in so many articles, the criminal defense lawyers, those people that may abuse the law in some way to get arrested, those police officers that may go past sort of their rights and arrest people that constitutional law experts and criminal law experts are going to challenge the enforceability of the law and how it's being used and how it's being enforced. so i think it's a haven for lawyers because there's so many intricacies of the law. it's the practicality of it. yes, on paper it looks good.
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but how is it going to be applied? and how are the police going to enforce and make sure the violations are done in an appropriate fashion? you know, what i think is interesting, bob, bob thinks it's interesting not only if you're a pot smoker that you can get it, but that the lawyers are going to make a killing representing people where police officers have arrested them and they're going to argue that they weren't doing anything wrong. in new york, it's a little different because it will be for medical use in some hospitals. so governor cuomo is starting slowly. what are some of the issues there? what about enforceability and the fact that he's going by administrative order rather than putting it up for a vote? >> what he's doing is he's utilizing a 1980s law that allowed marijuana use for medical purposes. it's not like it's a new law, it's just that a lot of people don't know about that and it was never enforced because it wasn't popular. as we know, since colorado .other states have been
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allowing marijuana to be used now for recreational purposes, other states are starting to follow suit and i think that's what's happening here. >> bob, one of the things i remember vaguely from criminal law is the plain view doctrine. >> yes. >> does that come into play? if you break the law, say you're carrying too much marijuana, even in colorado where it's recreational use. does it have -- what are the standards for a police officer to find wrongdoing? >> well, it's interesting because some of the research, you know, that at least i looked at in anticipation of this segment, one of the things your criminal defense lawyers are telling people in colorado, keep it in your drunk, okay? so that goes back and forth to the criminal procedures days of how do you get to the trunk? one of the issues in this law, apparently, incolorado, jamie, is the container. it has to be kept in a sealed container. but now they're asking questions, well, what about
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apill, keeping it in that container. what about a baggy? so what i'm saying is the question you just asked is exactly what criminal defense lawyers will have a field day with. if, in fact, the cops arrest somebody because of the interpretation of the container, now you get into illegal search and seizure, motions to suppress, things like this is what's going to happen in the courts and judges are going to have to interpret the intent of law. >> what would be did crime, kiesha, in new york if it is for medical purposes and california when it was allowed for medical purposes and pot shops set up? you could go to a lot of doctors, pay whatever the fee is and get a diploma, a piece of paper that said you're qualified to buy it because you had back problems or whatever. they didn't need to state a reason. so if you have one of those and you've gotten it under quote unkwout fraud because you don't need it medically in new york when this is in effect, what would the crime be and what would you expect the punishment to be? >> well, the crime would probably be directed at the
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doctors, like we see now there's a lot of prescription drug abuse where people don't necessarily need these painkillers that are becoming addictive and the doctors who write these prescriptions are considering to be targets for criminal prosecution and with regard to the people using them. my fear is that with the marijuana use, it may not be as harsh as need be because it's considered now to be very helpful for people with serious medical issues. >> sure. >> but i think what needs to be done is what medical conditions qualify need to be very defined. >> so if the governor of new york says do it, you want him to be specific. >> right. >> i have to leave it there, guys. i rarely state any opinion. but as you mentioned, with the drug abuse of prescription drugs, darn if we don't have a national registry. you could go from shop to shop, even in colorado. guys, thank you for coming on. eric. jamie, dennis rodman leading
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a controversial test for academic freedom. >> most people in higher education know or should know
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about sayers law. the law's author, william stanley sayer, taught political science at columbia university. he died in 1972 leaving behind perhaps the most famous observation of higher education. profession oo oor -- professor said, to the value of the issues at stake. that is why academic politics are so bitter. others have laid claim to authorizing these wise words but most experts agree it was professor sayer who said them. there's nothing quite like watching a dispute among american academics. sort of like basic training in an al qaeda cell. often the subject is academic freedom turned inside out as in the recent vote by leftists in the american studies association to boycott israeli scholars.
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more than 100 american schools and universities to object publicly to such a twisted act of anti-semitism. the value of the issues in this case would be enormous were it not so outrageously stupid. this is not to say that such blatant hatred should be belittled but does illustrate the hypocrisy of the liberal preeks and establishment 37 the whole nasty episode registers as another pityful mood to punish israel for its presence on the west bank and gaza. the american studies association can now officially rate as a card-carrying purveyor of the infamous bdf policy that got trashed in an english universities a decade ago. b is for boycott. d is divestment as in money. s is for sanctions which they encourage the world to impose on israel. asian american and native
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american groups endorse the academic boycott in harmonious bigotry. academics who have devoted their lives to gender studies or ethnic issues seem to be the engine of what they call an exercise of freedom. a puzzling footnote stephen hawking, super scientist from britain, joined in this censure. what's so striking about this masquerading as academic freedom? is the absence of any realization that the academy by definition is supposed to stay out of politics? unhappily the turmoil of the '60s and '70s was their breakthrough. thank chumsky and other relics. now members of the left wing establishment of american higher education can in their own working language all feel good about themselves. our candidate for best quote of the story comes from the american studies association
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president, curtis moress and associate professor of ethnic studies at the university of california, san diego. mr. morret didn't dispute many nations are far worse of human rights than israel. nevertheless seemed likely told "the new york times" one has to start somewhere. so the volley can'tization of american education continues and the obvious riddle of the abortive boycott is how they think they can hide behind their grotesque understanding of academic freedom. and why are they given a free pass to pollute the air with their dubious credentials and amateur fascism. small wonder so many college grad watts can reel off the names of punk rock bands but
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